Served 123 LLC domesticates and serves out-of-state subpoenas across all 29 Utah counties — in the state that built an official form for both doors. Utah enacted the UIDDA in 2008 and venues it by judicial district, not county: form 1224GE goes to the district court in the district where discovery is sought, with a $35 statutory fee and three sworn affirmations — including one most filers have never read, certifying that your home state has enacted the uniform act. Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Hampshire cases can't truthfully check that box, so Utah publishes form 1225GE, a sworn Notice of Deposition route, for exactly those cases — and we run both. Service follows the summons rules — Rule 4(d), abode service included — with the $18.50 witness fee and mileage tendered at service, parties noticed before any records subpoena is served, and a 14-day compliance runway built into Rule 45.
Utah is the rare state where the UIDDA filing itself is a sworn test — and the clerk grades it. Form 1224GE puts three affirmations in front of the filer: that the Utah subpoena incorporates the foreign terms, that this judicial district — not county, district — is where discovery will be conducted, and the one almost nobody has read before signing: that your home state has enacted the uniform act or provisions substantially similar. That third box is § 78B-17-103(3) made flesh — a statutory reciprocity gate — and cases pending in Massachusetts, Missouri, or New Hampshire cannot truthfully check it, because those states never enacted the UIDDA. File anyway and you have sworn a falsehood to a Utah court; skip the form and the clerk rejects the packet. The exit Utah built is form 1225GE — a Notice of Deposition and Request for Subpoena signed under criminal penalty — and knowing which door your case walks through is the whole job. We check the gate before anything is drafted, sworn, or filed.
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Utah adopted the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act in the act’s first year: S.B. 205 became Chapter 278, Laws of Utah 2008, effective May 5, 2008, codified at Utah Code §§ 78B-17-101 to -302. Submit the foreign subpoena — on official form 1224GE with a proposed Utah subpoena — to a court in the judicial district in which discovery is sought; the request does not constitute an appearance; the clerk, in accordance with that court’s procedure, shall promptly issue. The filing fee is $35 by statute. But Utah added a gate: § 78B-17-103(3) opens the chapter only to parties from states that enacted the uniform act — sworn on the form itself — which locks out Massachusetts, Missouri, and New Hampshire cases and routes them to official form 1225GE instead. Service runs under Rules 4 and 5 — abode service included — with the $18.50 fee and mileage tendered at service.
Utah moved early and built carefully. Senate Bill 205 of the 2008 General Session — Chapter 278, Laws of Utah 2008, effective May 5, 2008 by the constitutional default — enacted the Utah Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act whole: “state” expressly includes a federally recognized Indian tribe — live law in a state where the Navajo Nation and the Ute Indian Tribe hold real territory — a subpoena is any document “however denominated,” electronically stored information is named, and premises inspections are included. The mechanics sit in § 78B-17-201, and the venue unit surprises everyone: the foreign subpoena is submitted “to a court in the judicial district in which discovery is sought” — not the county, the district, one of eight that tile Utah’s 29 counties. The request “does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state,” and when the foreign subpoena reaches a clerk of court, the clerk, “in accordance with that court’s procedure, shall promptly issue” a Utah subpoena that incorporates the foreign terms and carries the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel of record and any self-represented party. No commission, no motion, no local counsel — and no judge.
Then comes the clause that makes Utah unlike its neighbors. § 78B-17-103(3): parties resident in another state may use the chapter “only if the other state has enacted this uniform act or enacted provisions substantially similar to this uniform act.” A statutory reciprocity gate — and Utah bolted it to the paperwork. The mandatory application, form 1224GE — “Approved Board of District Court Judges August 22, 2008, Revised May 1, 2019” on its own face — demands a proposed Utah subpoena, the foreign subpoena, the full contact block, and three checked affirmations: that the Utah subpoena incorporates the foreign terms; that this judicial district is where discovery will be conducted; and the gate itself, sworn — that your home state has enacted the uniform act or provisions substantially similar. With the uniform act now nearly national, the gate bites exactly three ways: cases pending in Massachusetts, Missouri, or New Hampshire — the holdout states — cannot truthfully check the box. Utah saw that coming too. The Judicial Council’s approved-forms list carries a second instrument, form 1225GE, the Notice of Deposition and Request for Subpoena in Case Pending Out of State — same approval date, signed “under criminal penalty” — on which the clerk issues for cases the UIDDA cannot carry, with delivery to you, to the sheriff or constable, or to your server. Two doors, two official forms, one filing counter — and the statutory fee for the UIDDA filing is itemized in § 78A-2-301(1)(t) at $35.
What issues is a Utah subpoena with Utah teeth. § 78B-17-202 routes service through Rule 4 and Rule 5 — the summons rules — and URCP 45(b)(1) confirms it: any non-party 18 or older serves “as provided in Rule 4(d)”, which means personal delivery, abode service on “a person of suitable age and discretion who resides there,” or an authorized agent — and if the witness refuses the papers, Rule 4’s offer-to-deliver clause makes service good anyway. Almost nowhere else in America can a subpoena be abode-served; in Utah it is the statute’s own command. At the door, URCP 45(b)(2) requires the server to tender one day’s fee and mileage — § 78B-1-119: $18.50 for the first day, $49 per day for each subsequent day, plus $1 for each four miles beyond fifty, going only, “regardless of county lines” — and subsection (6) adds the clause nobody prints: the witness’s parking is reimbursed by the issuing attorney. Around the exchange, Rule 45 builds the runway: every party noticed before a records, copy-and-mail, or premises subpoena is served; at least 14 days to comply; nine enumerated objection grounds, objections due before the date for compliance, and an objection freezes compliance until a Rule 37(a) order; undue burden sanctioned against the issuer with “lost earnings and a reasonable attorney fee”; and § 78B-17-203 welds in § 78B-6-301 — Utah’s contempt statute — by name. We build every Utah packet to clear the gate, the district, the tender, and the clock.
Utah's reciprocity gate isn't buried in the code — it's checkbox (3) on the mandatory application, and you swear it.
From the official Application for Subpoena under the Utah Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act:
Three facts fall out of that blank line. First, the affirmation is not boilerplate — it executes § 78B-17-103(3), a statutory condition on the entire chapter, and a filer who checks it for a Massachusetts, Missouri, or New Hampshire case has sworn something false to a Utah district court. Second, the form's other affirmations do real work too: one fixes venue to the judicial district — Utah's eight-district map, not its county map — and one binds the Utah subpoena to the foreign terms. Third, Utah built the alternative into the same forms catalog: form 1225GE, the Notice of Deposition and Request for Subpoena in Case Pending Out of State, sworn under criminal penalty, on which the clerk issues for the cases the UIDDA cannot carry. We complete the right form, truthfully, the first time.
Utah published an official form for each side of its reciprocity gate — and filing the wrong one means a rejected packet or a false oath.
Your case pends in a state that enacted the uniform act — 47 of them, plus D.C. — so you qualify. Form 1224GE goes to the district court in the judicial district where discovery is sought, attaching the proposed Utah subpoena, the foreign subpoena, and the contact block, with three sworn affirmations checked — incorporation, district venue, and the reciprocity oath. The $35 statutory fee is paid at the window, and the clerk shall promptly issue.
§ 78B-17-201 · Form 1224GE · District court of the judicial district · $35 by statuteThose three never enacted the UIDDA — so § 78B-17-103(3) closes Utah's UIDDA door to their cases, and checkbox (3) cannot truthfully be checked. Utah's answer is official form 1225GE: a Notice of Deposition and Request for Subpoena in Case Pending Out of State, declared under criminal penalty, naming each deponent, the date, time, and location — on which the clerk issues the subpoena and sends it to you, to the sheriff or constable, or to your designated server. Older than the UIDDA, still on the books, and we run it fluently.
Form 1225GE · Sworn under criminal penalty · Clerk-issued · The holdout-state routeSame counter, same clerk, same Utah subpoena at the end — with service under Rule 4(d), the $18.50 tender, the party-notice sequence, the 14-day runway, and § 78B-6-301 contempt behind it. The only question is which oath your case can truthfully swear — and we answer it before anything is drafted.
From intake to affidavit — gate checked, district fixed, the right form sworn, the fee fronted, the tender made, and proof your originating court can file.
Upload the out-of-state subpoena with the Utah county where the witness or records sit. First move on our side: confirm your originating state against § 78B-17-103(3) — UIDDA or substantially similar, the door is 1224GE; Massachusetts, Missouri, or New Hampshire, the door is 1225GE. The gate decides the paperwork, not preference.
Utah venues by judicial district — § 78B-17-201(1)(a)’s own words — and form 1224GE makes you affirm it. Eight districts tile the 29 counties: Salt Lake sits in the 3rd, Provo in the 4th, St. George in the 5th, Vernal in the 8th. We map the witness to the district, then to the courthouse — every county chip below carries its district tag.
The proposed Utah subpoena is built on the court’s approved form — the one whose face prints that “only the court clerk may issue a Utah Subpoena based on a Subpoena from another state” — incorporating your foreign terms with the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all counsel and any self-represented party, the “Notice to Persons Served” on its face per URCP 45(a)(1)(E), and Rule 30(b)(6) designation language when an organization is the target.
Our representative files the sworn application with the district court clerk and fronts the $35 fee — not a guess, a statutory line: § 78A-2-301(1)(t). The request does not constitute an appearance, and the clerk, “in accordance with that court’s procedure, shall promptly issue.” Same-day confirmation when the Utah subpoena exists.
Before any records, copy-and-mail, or premises subpoena is served, every party gets the subpoena by delivery or other actual notice — URCP 45(b)(3) — and the person subpoenaed gets at least 14 days after service to comply. Objections, due in writing before the date for compliance, freeze the obligation until a Rule 37(a) order — so the sequence is run clean the first time.
Utah servers deliver under Rule 4(d) — personally, by abode service on a co-resident of suitable age and discretion, or to an authorized agent — with the refusal covered by the offer-to-deliver clause. At service we tender the $18.50 first-day fee plus mileage at $1 per four miles beyond fifty, going only — and the affidavit recites the tender, the manner, and the Rule 4(d) authority, returned filing-ready (PDF) for your originating court.
Utah was in the uniform act's first wave — and it kept the old route alive on an official form for the states that never followed.
The act, the gate, both forms, the service weld, and the money — each linked from the sections above.
| Authority | Subject | Key requirement |
|---|---|---|
| S.B. 205 (2008) | The Enactment | Chapter 278, Laws of Utah 2008, effective May 5, 2008 — the Utah Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act, codified at §§ 78B-17-101 to -302, adopted in the uniform act's first wave |
| § 78B-17-102 | Definitions | “State” includes a federally recognized Indian tribe; “subpoena” is any document however denominated commanding testimony, production of documents and electronically stored information, or inspection of premises |
| § 78B-17-103 | Scope + The Gate | Out-of-state attorneys remain bound by unauthorized-practice and limited-appearance rules — and subsection (3) opens the chapter only to parties whose state has enacted the uniform act or substantially similar provisions |
| § 78B-17-201 | Issuance | Foreign subpoena submitted to a court in the judicial district in which discovery is sought; the request does not constitute an appearance; the clerk, in accordance with that court's procedure, shall promptly issue — incorporating the foreign terms with all counsel and party names, addresses, and telephone numbers |
| Form 1224GE | The Application | Approved by the Board of District Court Judges August 22, 2008, revised May 1, 2019: attaches the proposed Utah subpoena, the foreign subpoena, and the contact block — with three sworn affirmations including the reciprocity oath and a certificate of service |
| Form 1225GE | The Holdout Route | Notice of Deposition and Request for Subpoena in Case Pending Out of State — declared under criminal penalty, naming each deponent with date, time, and location — the clerk-issued path for cases from non-UIDDA states |
| § 78B-17-202 + Rules 4, 5 | Service | Issued subpoenas served in compliance with Rule 4 and Rule 5: personal delivery, abode service on a person of suitable age and discretion residing there, or an authorized agent — by any non-party 18 or older, with the offer-to-deliver clause covering refusal |
| URCP 45(a)-(b) | Form + Tender + Notice | Four command types including copy-and-mail; remote-appearance instructions; the Notice to Persons Served on the face; tender at service of one day's fee and mileage; and notice to every party before serving any records, copy-and-mail, or premises subpoena |
| URCP 45(c) | Where a Witness Appears | A Utah resident appears for deposition or production only in the county of residence, employment, or in-person business; a non-resident served in Utah, only in the county in which served — or as the court orders |
| URCP 45(d)-(e) | Runway + Objections | Issuer pays reasonable copying costs and shares copies; at least 14 days to comply; nine objection grounds; written objections before the date for compliance freeze the obligation pending Rule 37(a); undue burden sanctioned with lost earnings and a reasonable attorney fee |
| § 78B-1-119 | Witness Economics | $18.50 for the first day of attendance and $49 per day for each subsequent day; mileage of $1 for each four miles in excess of 50, going only, regardless of county lines; and necessary, reasonable parking reimbursed by the issuing attorney |
| §§ 78B-17-203, 204 + 78B-6-301 | Teeth + Motions | The contempt statute and Rules 26 through 37 and 45 apply to every issued subpoena by name; protective orders and applications to enforce, quash, or modify comply with Utah's rules in the judicial district where discovery is conducted |
Utah files by judicial district — eight of them across 29 counties, each county home to a district court location — and the $35 application fee is one of the few UIDDA charges in America set by the legislature itself rather than a clerk's schedule. The figures above are statutory; we confirm each courthouse's intake practice before anything is filed.
A gate sworn on the form, a district map nobody checks, a service rule borrowed from summonses, and a tender with a mileage formula from another century — each failure below is live in a published guide or waiting at a clerk's counter.
Checkbox (3) on form 1224GE certifies your home state enacted the uniform act or substantially similar provisions. For a Massachusetts, Missouri, or New Hampshire case that is a false oath — § 78B-17-103(3) closes the chapter to them. We route holdout-state cases to form 1225GE, the criminal-penalty notice Utah built for exactly this.
§ 78B-17-201(1)(a) venues the filing in the judicial district in which discovery is sought — and the form makes you affirm it. Guides that say “file in the county where the witness lives” are translating Utah into another state's grammar. We fix the district first — every county on this page carries its district tag.
A competitor guide published this month dates form 1224GE's approval to August 21, 2020. The form's own face reads “Approved Board of District Court Judges August 22, 2008, Revised May 1, 2019.” Small error, large tell. We read the form, not the blog about the form.
§ 78B-17-202 commands service of UIDDA subpoenas “in compliance with Rule 4 and Rule 5” — the summons machinery — and Rule 45(b)(1) sends servers to Rule 4(d). That's what puts personal, abode, and agent service on the table. Our affidavits recite the Rule 4(d) authority, manner by manner.
URCP 45(b)(3): every party must receive the subpoena before a records, copy-and-mail, or premises subpoena is served on the witness — and 45(e)(2) guarantees the witness at least 14 days to comply. Invert the sequence and the objection clock punishes you. We notice first, serve second, calendar both.
URCP 45(b)(2) requires tender with the subpoena of one day's fee and mileage: $18.50, plus $1 per four miles beyond fifty, going only, regardless of county lines — and § 78B-1-119(6) even makes the issuing attorney reimburse parking. We compute it, tender it at the door, and recite it in the affidavit.
Both official forms under one roof — gate checked, district fixed, sworn truthfully, served under Rule 4, proven by affidavit.
Your originating state run against § 78B-17-103(3) before anything is drafted — 1224GE when you qualify, 1225GE when you don't, never a false oath.
Proposed Utah subpoena on the court's approved form with the Notice to Persons Served on its face, the full contact block with telephone numbers, and 30(b)(6) language for organizations.
Eight judicial districts, 29 counties — we file with the right district court, front the $35 statutory fee, and confirm issuance the day it happens.
Parties noticed before the witness is served, the 14-day compliance window calendared, and objection deadlines tracked to the compliance date.
Personal, abode, or agent service by Utah servers from St. George to Logan — with the $18.50 fee and mileage tendered at the door.
An affidavit reciting the manner, the Rule 4(d) authority, and the tender — returned as a PDF your originating court can file without edits.
Every command the Utah act reaches — testimony, records and ESI, the copy-and-mail route, and premises — on whichever official form your case qualifies for.
Records, documents, and ESI — with the copy-and-mail command available when a custodian should copy and send rather than appear, and the 14-day runway calendared.
Testimony in the county where the witness resides, works, or transacts business in person — or where served, for non-residents — with remote-appearance instructions on the face when requested.
Combined commands mirrored from your foreign subpoena with the full contact block — one document, both duties, the tender computed for the appearance.
Included in Utah's UIDDA by definition — § 78B-17-102(5)(c) — with the party-notice sequence and Rule 34 compliance run before entry.
Out-of-state counsel and the teams behind them — anyone who needs a Utah witness without learning a reciprocity gate, a district map, and a summons-rule service regime.
Out-of-state litigators reaching Utah witnesses and custodians — gate checked, district fixed, oath sworn truthfully, affidavit built for enforcement.
Discovery from the employers of the Lehi-to-Salt Lake corridor — software, cybersecurity, and venture-backed companies — served personally, statewide.
Records from hospital systems and clinics from Logan to St. George — with the copy-and-mail command and custodian cost rules handled under Rule 45(d).
Claims files, adjuster depositions, and account records across carriers and banks — with Rule 30(b)(6) designation language drafted in for organizations.
One vendor for the chain — gate check, district routing, approved-form drafting, $35 filing, notice sequence, tender, service, affidavit — with same-day confirmations.
Agencies reselling Utah coverage — we run both forms and the Rule 4(d) service under your brand's timeline.
Eight judicial districts tile the state — every chip below carries its county seat and its district, because in Utah the district is the venue.
That's all 29 — from the Wasatch Front's four-county core to the canyon country of the 7th District — each tagged with the judicial district that controls where the application is filed. The traps are real: Iron County's seat is Parowan, not Cedar City; Piute's is Junction, population a few hundred; Daggett's is Manila, the smallest county seat in Utah — and the Navajo Nation and Ute Indian Tribe hold territory inside the 7th and 8th, where the act's tribal-inclusive definition of “state” does live work. Whichever county your witness calls home — Salt Lake's million-plus or Daggett's few hundred — the gate gets checked, the district gets fixed, and the affidavit comes back filing-ready.
Straight answers — with the act, the rules, and both official forms linked — on domesticating and serving an out-of-state subpoena in Utah.
Send the originating court, the Utah county where the witness or records sit, and your subpoena PDF. We check the reciprocity gate, fix the judicial district, prepare the right official form — 1224GE or 1225GE — front the $35 statutory fee, serve under Rule 4(d) with the fee tendered, and return a filing-ready affidavit — all 29 counties, all 8 districts.
Served 123 LLC is a process service and litigation-support company, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. Clerk filings and service are performed administratively at the direction of the client and its counsel. Cost figures are cited from Utah Code §§ 78A-2-301 and 78B-1-119 and are subject to legislative change; courthouse intake practice is confirmed with the destination clerk before every filing.
